Jeff Ross

It's the cornerstone of the club.

It's one of the most important things about The Mothership because having Kill Tony at The Mothership every Monday night lets all these people that are upcoming comedians see what it's like to have one minute that you've polished and worked on really well and it kills, and then you pop, and then all of a sudden it's on YouTube, it's got 11 million views, and then maybe it's on Netflix, and it's got millions and millions of people watching all around the world.

And then all of a sudden, people come to see you in the clubs.

And you're selling out weekends.

And you're writing.

And then you get a golden ticket.

You got to do a new minute every week.

You're a regular.

Well, your show is like a one-man show.

90 minutes.

It's a little different, right?

I haven't seen it, but I've heard great things.

It's an embattled community and it has its like detractors and it has a bunch of haters and a bunch of shitheads in it.

But for the most part, like as far as creative communities, it's one of the most supportive communities ever.

I mean it's an amazing – the community of comics, like real comics that are all – that when we meet up in clubs, it's always hug.

People think we're all like angry, bitter, like –

it's the opposite the tears of a clown it's not there's a few people like that and they always make me sad but the reality is like most of us are super happy to see each other it's always hugs and laughing and watching each other's sets and giving each other tags and telling each other like oh that fucking new bit is amazing it's like it's so supportive I was at your club last night and it was like

Well, I do have a wife and kids, but it's still my other family.

It's like the family of comedians, it's like a band of brothers and sisters.

It's like a weird kind of friendship that, you know, it's like only they know what you do.